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Old November 8th, 2009, 11:06 AM
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hey guys! i need a little help with this:

write this expression as a log of a single quantity:
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Old November 8th, 2009, 11:21 AM
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hey guys! i need a little help with this:

write this expression as a log of a single quantity:
you need to use the following two log properties in order ...

a \log{b} = \log(b^a)

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\log{b} - \log{c} = \log\left(\frac{b}{c}\right)
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so my final answer would be"

log (8/A)

where A =(x^2-1)^1/3

(sorry, not sure how to use the MATH tags)
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so my final answer would be"

log (8/A)

where A =(x^2-1)^1/3

(sorry, not sure how to use the MATH tags)
wasn't that difficult, was it?
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